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Why Getting Scooped Feels Like Existential Failure

I found out another journalist published basically the same investigation I have been working on for six months and now I feel like my whole career is pointless

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External validation has become confused with creative worth and professional identity.

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“Where Are You with Journalism and creative non-fiction?”

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